Issue 2005 September 10
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TAIWAN: Fostering democracies on the Pacific Rim
Taiwan has helped form the Democratic Pacific Union (DPU) to foster the deepening of democracy, primarily among Pacific Rim nations, reports Pat Byrne.On the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, Taiwan hosted representatives of 26 countries to form the Democratic Pacific Union (DPU).The DPU concept was largely the work of Taiwan’s vice-president, Lu Hsiu-lien, with strong backing…
PRIMARY INDUSTRY: Pork farmers under attack on two fronts
Australian pork producers are under attack from the risk of disease-carrying imports and from subsidised imports, writes Pat Byrne.Australian pork producers have challenged pork imports on both quarantine and probable dumping grounds. In both cases, government agencies have been accused of adopting import-risk methodologies that allow imports to continue.A Federal Court judge recently described as “bizarre” the methodology used by Biosecurity Australia in…
